In a new interview, Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi recalls the 1960s-era civil rights struggle in his hometown of Yazoo City, saying, “I just don’t remember it as being that bad.”
In a new interview, Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi recalls the 1960s-era civil rights struggle in his hometown of Yazoo City, saying, “I just don’t remember it as being that bad.”
"Mr. Barbour also talks about the Citizens Councils of the late 1960s, which opposed racial integration. Mr. Barbour said that in his town, they were a positive force, praising them as “an organization of town leaders” who refused to tolerate the racist attitudes of the Ku Klux Klan."
ReplyDeleteWow. That may be one of the most asinine statements I've ever read. As I understand it, the Citizen Councils were more or less the educated man's version of the Klan.
Does Barbour think no one's going to fact check this kind of foolishness?